republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-500.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"barrel-aged and batched cocktails,\" \"private selection event,\" and \"private selection package\" and to redefine \"consumer\" and \"vintage distilled spirit\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a \"limited nonquota package license\" that allows designated alcoholic beverage drink licensees to sell vintage distilled spirits and private selection packages; amend KRS 243.027 to authorize a manufacturer to ship samples to persons or entities engaged in private selection events; indicate that the shipped sample quantity limits apply to each separate recipient; amend KRS 243.029 to require a direct shipper licensee to include all applicable taxes in the selling price for alcoholic beverages; include sales tax as a separate item on the customer's invoice; amend KRS 243.030 to set a $300 annual fee for a limited nonquota package license and for an off-premises retail sales outlet license; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to conduct private selection events and sell private selection packages at retail; set package and sample limits for sales at fairs, festivals, and other similar types of events; permit distillers to purchase jointly branded souvenir packages from microbreweries; restrict a distiller to only one off-premises retail site for each of its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.110 to make a limited nonquota package license compatible with listed drink licenses; amend KRS 243.232 to authorize a limited nonquota package license holder to sell vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to exclude private selection package sales from the normal quota retail package license restrictions; amend KRS 243.260 to issue a special temporary license for farmers markets; amend KRS 243.884 to exempt most private selection package sales from the wholesale tax; amend KRS 244.240 to exclude a distiller selling private selection packages or supplying barrels for barred-aged and batched cocktails from the interlocking interests prohibition; amend KRS 244.260 to permit a retailer to keep distilled spirits or wine in a container for preparing barred-aged and batched cocktails; align distilled spirit container limits with the largest applicable federal standard of fill size; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "Kentucky HB 500 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Distilled Spirits", "Fees", "Licensing", "Malt Beverages", "Trade Practices and Retailing", "Wines and Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland", "C. McCoy", "C. Stevenson", "P. Stevenson", "R. Palumbo", "S. Heavrin", "S. Westrom", "T. Huff", "W. Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1966b09-5168-45f0-ad48-79500f8e841b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb500.html"
source_hash: "10d519a59b48ec58ebc26fb9c9eac07718f0891cc476fd3b16c53eb4cc4ba54b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 500 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 241.010 to define "barrel-aged and batched cocktails," "private selection event," and "private selection package" and to redefine "consumer" and "vintage distilled spirit"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a "limited nonquota package license" that allows designated alcoholic beverage drink licensees to sell vintage distilled spirits and private selection packages; amend KRS 243.027 to authorize a manufacturer to ship samples to persons or entities engaged in private selection events; indicate that the shipped sample quantity limits apply to each separate recipient; amend KRS 243.029 to require a direct shipper licensee to include all applicable taxes in the selling price for alcoholic beverages; include sales tax as a separate item on the customer's invoice; amend KRS 243.030 to set a $300 annual fee for a limited nonquota package license and for an off-premises retail sales outlet license; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to conduct private selection events and sell private selection packages at retail; set package and sample limits for sales at fairs, festivals, and other similar types of events; permit distillers to purchase jointly branded souvenir packages from microbreweries; restrict a distiller to only one off-premises retail site for each of its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.110 to make a limited nonquota package license compatible with listed drink licenses; amend KRS 243.232 to authorize a limited nonquota package license holder to sell vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to exclude private selection package sales from the normal quota retail package license restrictions; amend KRS 243.260 to issue a special temporary license for farmers markets; amend KRS 243.884 to exempt most private selection package sales from the wholesale tax; amend KRS 244.240 to exclude a distiller selling private selection packages or supplying barrels for barred-aged and batched cocktails from the interlocking interests prohibition; amend KRS 244.260 to permit a retailer to keep distilled spirits or wine in a container for preparing barred-aged and batched cocktails; align distilled spirit container limits with the largest applicable federal standard of fill size; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb500/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0039.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb500/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS HB 500 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-17 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 25-11-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 39) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1966b09-5168-45f0-ad48-79500f8e841b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).